SHADOWINESS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

shadowiness

noun

Definition of shadowiness

as in vagueness

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Noun

What erodes trust is vagueness, backtracking and the sense that someone is managing you rather than leveling with you.

— Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Declare the state's rules void for vagueness under the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of vagueness

Noun

The murkiness of it all clarifies by the end of the film, not just in terms of its heroes, villains and message, but Greengrass also situates this story within a recognizable cinematic and storytelling history.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Because of the legal murkiness, Pratte urges people to talk to an attorney before foregoing registration.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of murkiness

Noun

Others discover they’re energized by ambiguity, faster decision-making and the opportunity to build something from the beginning.

— Bill Holodnak, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
But at his Jackson Hole speech on August 28, Warsh dropped the ambiguity, walking through what UBS economists counted as 20 separate hawkish observations.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of ambiguity

Noun

What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

Definition of impenetrability

Noun

These micro-drones usually crash in low-visibility crisis zones where dust, smoke, or pitch darkness blinds cameras.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
In the early morning darkness, FBI agents broke down the door of a two-story townhome in Los Angeles.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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